• Track_Shovel
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      456 months ago

      Fun fact: 10% of Americans will vote for a guy that had his brain eaten by a worm. Just look at five thirty eight

      • Twinklebreeze
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        256 months ago

        Everyone that made 538 worth reading was laid off. Even Nate Silver is gone, and he took his model with him. We’ll see how they do this election, but I’m not paying attention to them this election.

        • @[email protected]
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          46 months ago

          Votemaster and Zenger at electoralvote.com have a decent site. They take a ‘model of models’ approach and while their editorials are decidedly liberal, they put math and statistical analysis at the forefront and show their work.

          • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin
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            66 months ago

            They weren’t incorrect, they predicted Trump had a chance to win and he made that chance happen

            What they did that was stupid was oversell what an odds advantage meant for Clinton and when caught in their own mistelling of how their own reports work proceeded to make themselves look like that nerd who can’t admit that he fucked up and blames it all on other people not understanding what he was “akshualay” saying.

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            6 months ago

            No they weren’t. They gave trump a 33% chance of winning and successfully predicted how he could win.

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        6 months ago

        Well there is the convicted felon, rapist and wannabe dictatorial psychopath, there is the guy with the dead brainworms in his head, and there is the guy who you can vote for if you would like things to continue as they are.

        Oh, you can also choose between reluctant and enthusiastic support of genocide, and breaking up strikes versus shooting at protestors. Clearly the US is the citadel of democracy.

      • Lemminary
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        36 months ago

        His brain wasn’t eaten by a tape worm because it was most likely cysticercosis caused by the young form of the parasite that usually calcifies. The adult worms grow in the intestine, don’t have teeth, and absorb nutrients passively.